Radio Society of Great Britain VHF Contests Committee
The district codes are based on the first two letter of
the postcode of your operating location. (Single letter codes eg B have been
padded out to two letters eg BM). The description column is for guidance only.
Districts in blue
can be counted in VHF contests three times as multipliers. In the case of DG
and TD, regardless of whether the station contacted is in England or Scotland.
See general rules 7d and 7e.
The district in red
can be counted in VHF contests six times as multipliers.
| AB Aberdeen AL St Albans BM Birmingham BA Bath BB Blackburn BD Bradford BH Bournemouth BL Bolton BN Brighton BR Bromley BS Bristol BT Belfast CA Carlisle CB Cambridge CF Cardiff CH Chester CM Chelmsford CO Colchester CR Croydon CT Canterbury CV Coventry CW Crewe DA Dartford DD Dundee DE Derby DG Dumfries DH Durham DL Darlington DN Doncaster DT Dorchester DY Dudley EL London E1 - 18 EC London EC1 - 4 EH Edinburgh EN Enfield EX Exeter FK Falkirk FY Blackpool GS Glasgow GL Gloucester GU Guildford GY Guernsey HA Harrow HD Huddersfield HG Harrogate HP Hemel Hempstead |
HR Hereford HS Scottish Islands HU Hull HX Halifax IG Ilford IM Isle of Man IP Ipswich IV Inverness JE Jersey KA Kilmarnock KT Kingston upon Thames KW Orkney KY Kirkcaldy LP Liverpool LA Lancaster LD Llandrindod Wells LE Leicester LL Llandudno LN Lincoln LS Leeds LU Luton MR Manchester ME Medway MK Milton Keynes ML Motherwell NL London N1 - 22 NE Newcastle upon Tyne NG Nottingham NN Northampton NP Newport NR Norwich NW London NW1 - 11 OL Oldham OX Oxford PA Paisley PE Peterborough PH Perth PL Plymouth PO Portsmouth PR Preston RG Reading RH Redhill RM Romford SD Sheffield SA Swansea |
SE London SE1 - 28 SG Stevenage SK Stockport SL Slough SM Sutton SN Swindon SO Southampton SP Salisbury SR Sunderland SS Southend on Sea ST Stoke on Trent SW London SW1 - 20 SY Shrewsbury TA Taunton TD Tweed TF Telford TN Tonbridge TQ Torquay TR Truro TS Teeside TW Twickenham UB Uxbridge WL London W1 - 14 WA Warrington WC London WC1 - 2 WD Watford WF Wakefield WN Wigan WR Worcester WS Walsall WV Wolverhampton YO York ZE Shetland Isles |
A downloadable postcode multiplier checklist is available from our stationery page.
If your operating site has a postal address, you can look up the postcode in a Royal Mail postcode directory (probably available in the local library), or call Royal Mail on 0845 7111222 (a local call) during business hours.
If your site doesn't have an obvious postal address, the same number (0845 7111222) should still be able to help you - you will need to tell them the name of the nearest town or village. Remember it's only the postcode 'area' you need in Royal Mail-speak.
UK postcode maps are available from good bookshops - published by Bartholomew amongst others.
If all else fails - it's quite OK to use your best guess. Don't give the contest a miss because you can't be sure you have the right postcode for your hilltop site
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